AMD Outs Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta, Resolves Memory Leak Issue

AMD has just released a quick fire driver update – Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta – to address the memory leak issue spotted in the recent 15.9 driver that was released just two days ago. The Catalyst 15.9 Beta driver update introduced specific performance enhancements and optimizations for Star Wars Battlefront Beta and Fable Legends as well as a sizable list of bug fixes.

However, users quickly spotted a memory leak issue that would cause the system’s memory to fill-up rather quickly in a number of use case scenarios.
Our own Jeff Williams reported :

Users throughout have been reporting that upgrading to 15.9 have caused some strange behavior with memory consumption both within Windows and while playing games. Some are even reporting that Chrome and Firefox increase their memory footprint rather quickly with hardware acceleration turned on. One user even noticed that simply snapping a window in Windows 10 caused a memory leak due to the GPU accelerated motion.
Aside from the apparent memory leak, however, it seems to be a rather stable release

Red Team GPU and APU users however, should be happy to know that AMD has just released this 15.9.1 Beta driver update specifically to resolve this memory leak issue, so make sure to grab it and carry on gaming!

[77609] A video memory leak can occur when browser and other windows are resized
[59474] Diablo 3 crashes in the Act 2 Desolate Sands area of the game
[59081] The AMD Catalyst Control Center ‘update’ option fails to download the latest driver
[58800] Dragon Age: Inquisition may crash if launched in Mantle mode
[58781] The DirectX® Diagnostic tool does not report DirectX® 12 available on supported products
[58677] World of Warships may crash on some AMD Radeon HD5000 and HD6000 series products
[58646] Assassin’s Creed® Unity may experience minor frame stutter when AMD CrossFire™ mode is enabled
[58485] Anti Aliasing settings not being retained after changes are applied
[58450] Some BENQ 144hz Freesync™ monitors may lose the signal while uninstalling the driver
[58495] DiRT Rally™ crashes during gameplay and benchmarking when launched in DirectX® 11 mode on some BENQ 144HZ Freesync monitors

Known Issues:

[57189] GTA V crashes on some AMD Radeon R9 390X GPU’s
[76899] Star Wars: Battlefront Bata – Flickering may be experience if AMD Crossfire is enabled
[56099] Corruption may occur in DiRT Rally™ with CMAA enabled with Portrait SLS and AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled
[59792] A black screen may be encountered on bootup on Windows 10 systems. The system will ultimately continue to the Windows login screen.
[76930] Intermittent playback issues with Cyberlink PoweDVD when connecting to a 3D display with an HDMI cable
[76924] A TDR error may be experienced while toggling between minimized and maximized mode while viewing 4K Youtube content
[59475] Elite: Dangerous – poor performance may be experienced in SuperCruise mode
[59298] Final Fantasy XIV – Heavensward may crash when run in DirectX 11® mode and borderless window mode
[58870] Some applications may fail to launch on some Mobility platforms when launched in High Performance mode
[425417] Windows 10 driver installation may halt on some systems with an AMD 990FX chipset and AMD CrossFire™ enabled
[58506] Mad Max – Color corruption is observed when Alt+Ctrl+Del is pressed followed by the Escape key